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Robot Mapping - WS 2015/16

Robot Mapping

What is this lecture about?

The problem of learning maps is an important problem in mobile robotics. Models of the environment are needed for a series of applications such as transportation, cleaning, rescue, and various other service robotic tasks. Learning maps requires solutions to two tasks, mapping and localization. Mapping is the problem of integrating the information gathered with the robot's sensors into a given representation. It can intuitively be described by the question ``What does the world look like?'' Central aspects in mapping are the representation of the environment and the interpretation of sensor data. In contrast to this, localization is the problem of estimating the pose of the robot relative to a map. In other words, the robot has to answer the question "Where am I?" These two tasks cannot be solved independently of each other. Solving both problems jointly is often referred to as the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem. There are several variants of the SLAM problem including passive and active approaches, topological and metric SLAM, feature-based vs. volumetric approaches, and may others.

The lecture will cover different topics and techniques in the context of environment modeling with mobile robots. We will cover techniques such as SLAM with the family of Kalman filters, information filters, particle filters. We will furthermore investigate graph-based approaches, least-squares error minimization, techniques for place recognition and appearance-based mapping, and data association. The exercises and homework assignments will also cover practical hands-on experience with mapping techniques, as basic implementations will be part of the homework assignments.

Organization

  • Lecturers: Gian Diego Tipaldi, and Wolfram Burgard
  • Tutors: Noha Radwan and Alexander Schaefer
  • Rooms and times:
    • Mon, 16-18 in building 51, HS 03-026
    • Thu, 16-18 in building 51, SR 03-026
  • There is a QnA forum for questions available.
  • Recordings, slides, homework assignments, and additional material will be available via this website.
  • Teaching is done in English.
  • The lecture is part of the area Cognitive Technical Systems in the CS master program.
  • Teaching material and exercises are based on the previous course taught by Cyrill Stachniss

Schedule

Date Topic Slides Recordings Homework Assignment Relevant Literature
19.10. Course Introduction 00.pdf MP4 --- ---
19.10. Introduction to Robot Mapping 01.pdf MP4 --- Springer Handbook on Robotics Chapter 37.1 + 37.2
Probabilistic Robotics Chpater 10.1
22.10. Homogenous Coordinates 02.pdf MP4 Sheet1
Octave-Code
Octave Help
Wiki page
26.10. Bayes Filter and Related Models (Summary of Introduction to Mobile Robotics) 03.pdf
MP4 Sheet2
Introduction to Mobile Robotics lecture
Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapters 2, 5, 6
02.11. Kalman Filter and Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) 04.pdf MP4
(MP4 WS 2014)
Sheet3
Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 3.1-3.3
Manipulating the Multivariate Gaussian Density
Kalman Filter Tutorial by Welch and Bishop
Notes on Univariate Gaussian Distributions and One-Dimensional Kalman Filters
02.11. EKF SLAM 05.pdf MP4 Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 10
09.11. Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) 06.pdf MP4 Sheet4
Octave-Code
Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 3.4
09.11. Extended Information Filter (EIF) 07.pdf Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 3.5
17.11. Sparse EIF SLAM - Part 1 08.pdf MP4 Sheet5
Octave-Code
Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 12.1-12.7
SEIF Paper
23.11. Sparse EIF SLAM - Part 2 MP4 Sheet6
Octave-Code
Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 12.1-12.7
SEIF Paper
SEIF: Insights on Sparsification
23.11. Summary on the Kalman Filter and its Friends for SLAM 09.pdf ---
30.11. Grid Maps 10.pdf MP4 --- Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 4.2, 9.1-9.2
30.11. Short Introduction to the Particle Filter and PF Localization 11.pdf Sheet7
Octave-Code-1 Octave-Code-2
Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 8.3
03.12. FastSLAM 12.pdf MP4 Sheet8
Octave-Code
Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 13.1-13.3 + 13.8
FastSLAM: A Factored Solution to the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Problem
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping with Unknown Data Association Using FastSLAM
10.12. Grid-Based SLAM with Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters 13.pdf MP4 --- Improved Techniques for Grid Mapping with Rao- Blackwellized Particle Filters
Analyzing Gaussian Proposal Distributions for Mapping with Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters
Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 13.10
14.12. Least-Squares 14.pdf MP4 Sheet9
Octave-Code
Methods for Non-Linear Least Squares Probelms
Wiki:Gauss-Newton
Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 11.4
18.01. Least-Squares Approach to SLAM 15.pdf MP4 Sheet10
Octave-Code
A Tutorial on Graph-Based SLAM
Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 11
25.01. Hierarchical Pose-Graphs for Online Mapping 16.pdf MP4 --- Hierarchical Optimization on Manifolds for Online 2D and 3D Mapping
25.01. Graph-Based SLAM with Landmarks 17.pdf --- Probabilistic Robotics Book, Chapter 11
Methods for Non-Linear Least Squares Probelms
01.02. Max-Mixture and Robust Least Squares for SLAM 18.pdf MP4 --- Inference on Networks of Mixtures for Robust Robot Mapping
Methods for Non-Linear Least Squares Problems
01.02. Stochastic Gradient Descent for SLAM 19.pdf --- Non-linear Constraint Network Optimization for Efficient Map Learning
Fast Iterative Optimization of Pose Graphs with Poor Initial Estimates
08.02. Front-Ends for Graph-Based SLAM 20.pdf MP4 --- A method for Registration of 3-D Shapes
Real-Time Correlative Scan Matching
FLIRT -- Interest Regions for 2D Range Data
Recognizing Places using Spectrally Clustered Local Matches
08.02. Short Summary 21.pdf --- ---

In case you need to revisit material about Gaussians or a reference for matrix operations:

  • Basic probability rules, pdf
  • Marginalization and Conditioning of Gaussians (taken from Eustice et al, IROS 05), png
  • K. Murphy: Gaussian, pdf
  • Petersen and Pedersen: The Matrix Cookbook, pdf

Relevant Literature for the Course

Most of the literature is available as PDF files for free, but not the "Probabilistic Robotics" book. You find it in the TF library.
  • Thrun, Burgard, Fox: Probabilistic Robotics, MIT Press, 2005, website
  • Springer Handbook on Robotics, Chapter on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (Chapt. 37 in 1st edition)
  • Schoen and Lindsten: Manipulating the Multivariate Gaussian Density, 2011, pdf
  • Gian Diego Tipaldi: Notes on Univariate Gaussian Distributions and One-Dimensional Kalman Filters, 2015, pdf
  • Welch and Bishop: Kalman Filter Tutorial, 2011, pdf
  • Julier and Uhlmann: A New Extension of the Kalman Filter to Nonlinear Systems, 1995, pdf
  • Thrun, Liu, Koller, Ng, Ghahramani, Durrant-Whyte: Simultaneous Localization and Mapping With Sparse Extended Information Filters, 2004. pdf
  • Eustice, Walter, Leonard: Sparse Extended Information Filters: Insights into Sparsification, IROS, 2005. pdf
  • Montemerlo, Thrun, Kollar, Wegbreit: FastSLAM: A Factored Solution to the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Problem, 2002, pdf
  • Montemerlo, Thrun: Simultaneous Localization and Mapping with Unknown Data Association Using FastSLAM, 2003, pdf
  • Grisetti, Stachniss, Burgard: Improved Techniques for Grid Mapping with Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters, 2007, pdf
  • Stachniss, Grisetti, Burgard, Roy: Analyzing Gaussian Proposal Distributions for Mapping with Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters, 2007, pdf
  • Madsen, Nielsen, Tingleff: Methods for Non-Linear Least Squares Probelms, 2004, pdf
  • Grisetti, Kuemmerle, Stachniss, Burgard: A Tutorial on Graph-Based SLAM, 2010, pdf
  • Grisetti, Kuemmerle, Stachniss, Frese, Hertzberg: Hierarchical Optimization on Manifolds for Online 2D and 3D Mapping, 2010, pdf
  • Olson, Agarwal: Inference on Networks of Mixtures for Robust Robot Mapping, 2013, pdf
  • Agarwal, Tipaldi, Spinello, Stachniss, Burgard: Robust Map Optimization Using Dynamic Covariance Scaling, 2013, pdf
  • Olson, Leonard, Teller: Fast Iterative Optimization of Pose Graphs with Poor Initial Estimates, 2006, pdf
  • Grisetti, Stachniss, Burgard: Non-linear Constraint Network Optimization for Efficient Map Learning, 2009, pdf
  • Olson: Recognizing Places using Spectrally Clustered Local Matches, 2009, pdf
  • Tipaldi, Arras: FLIRT -- Interest Regions for 2D Range Data, 2010, pdf
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